mobile world congress 2009

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Qualcomm shows Windows CE-based handheld, reminiscent of HP Jornada

Chip maker Qualcomm has been showing off netbook prototypes built around the company’s Snapdragon chipset for a few months now. Qualcomm’s expertise is in making chips for cellphones, but the new Snapdragon platform should be able to handle basic computing tasks for netbook-style devices, including web browsing and multimedia playback. You won’t be able to run Windows on the chipset,…

February 25th, 2009, 1:52 pm by Brad Linder | 8 Comments

The ARM powered netbooks of Mobile World Congress

Chip maker ARM is all over the place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The folks at Engadget stopped by the ARM booth and snapped some photos of a ton of ARM-based netbooks and mobile internet devices. That includes devices running the Freescale i.MX515 processor and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, both of which are ARM-based. These computers are all…

February 20th, 2009, 5:10 pm by Brad Linder | 10 Comments

Haier netbook shows up at Mobile World Congress

Chinese electronics maker Haier had an unnamed, unexplained netbook on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain last week. Engadget reports that there were no specs, release date information, or other details available. Just a netbook sitting in a display surrounded by mobile internet devices and cellphones. The notebook appears to have a decent sized keyboard with large shift…

February 20th, 2009, 2:30 pm by Brad Linder | 5 Comments

LG launches LG-X120 netbook with 3G wireless

LG unveiled its next generation mini-laptop at Mobile World Congress yesterday. The LG-X120 follows on the heels of the company’s LG-X110 mini-laptop. The new model features an integrated HSPA modem, a 160GB hard drive, and Smart-On technology, which is basically LG’s “instant-on” interface that allows you to access some programs just a few seconds after hitting the power button without…

February 17th, 2009, 10:43 am by Brad Linder | 8 Comments

ARM launches Sparrow multi-core CPU for netbooks

Chip maker ARM has a pretty strong track record making CPUs for cellphones and PDAs. And now the company is breaking into the netbook and low power computer market. We’ve already seen a handful of companies announce plans to develop netbooks around ARM-based chips like the Freescale i.Mx515 chip which is based on ARM Cortex A8 technology. But today at…

February 16th, 2009, 4:54 pm by Brad Linder | 8 Comments

Xandros announces Linux platform, app store for ARM-based devices

Xandros Linux is probably best known in netbook circles as the operating system powering Asus Eee PC netbooks. But at Mobile World Congress in Spain this week, the company behind Xandros made a series of announcements related to netbooks and low powered computing devices. Probably the most significant is that there are now versions of Xandros optimized for ARM, Freescale,…

February 16th, 2009, 11:18 am by Brad Linder | 7 Comments